The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-04
WET TENNESSEE.
The Liquor Men Sweep the State
by 10000 Majority.
A HOT CONTEST WITH NO CASUALTY.

5oT use rs a beverage. of intoxicating liquors
passed off with remarkable quietude all Owe
the state, no disorder Of any kind being re
ported. In Nashville and Davidson county II
was tic most remarkable election ever held
The feature Of il was the presence Of the ladies
at the polls. working and pleading with the
voters to cast their ballots for the amendment
launches with hot coffee, were set at all the
polling places, and whenever man presented
himself to vote the anti ticket,
he was surrounded by ladies, ar
gued with, and If very stub
born. prayed for and RECALLED with
sacred songs Such sight was never witness
ed before in Nashville. The voters showed
universal respect 10 ladies, and there Is no
doubt that to thor presence is due the cutting
down of the anti majority in this county. In
fhe sixth ward of this city, the ants gathered
Their forces early, and were voting in platoons
Of from five to fifty. The prohibition men
were discouraged to degree that they deserted
the pools Then the ladies rallied sent out for
reinforcements Of their SEX and bravely stood
in the breach, pleading aud praying with the
voter, until the polls closed. Even those
masculine, who deprecate the participation IN
polite, OF women, are forced to admire the
bravery displayed by the ladies Of Nashville
today
East Tennessee is Dry.
Il,
vote on the prohibition amendment TO the
constitution was much lighter than was eX-
pectrd in Knoxville, but resulted in victory
7or prohibition. The vote for tho amendment
was =. 81 against 1,i20. majority of ! lH FOR
prohibition The negro vote was almost SOlid
against the amendment, and represents ut
1eas, three-fourths Of the opposition in Knox
Vile. Most of the white citizens who opposed
The amendment did not 90 to the polls. Hun
dreds of ladies worked at tho polls all day,
~ 1riE a mol
In their carriages Free lunches were distrib-
nied by the ladies at the voting places. The
ncction passed off quietly no disturbance at
any Of the precincts. The saloons were all
closed and not a drunken man has been in the
city today when the polls closed all the
church bells IN the city rang for hall an hour,
yhe eastern third of Tennessee, of which Knox
vile is the center, will give majority Tor the
amendment. Partial return from thirty cast
Tennessee counties indicate lh,oWmaJui1ty Tor
prohibition, with an extremely light vote in
the hack counties
I, The Country Around Chattanooga.
CHATTANOOGA September 90 Dispatches
from all sections Of tho state indicate that the
prohibition election passed oil quietly, and That
The largest vote ever cast was pOled No def
mite figures can yet he given ON the result, but
The returns so far indicate the defeat of the
amendment in the state. The ladies took an
hctive part i'll the election, and in all cities and
towns they were ut the polls, with Tree lunch
y
ing booth there was a lavish display OF banners,
among them being:
"Vo,e for God Home and Tennessee today
! "Nole for Mother, Wife and Sister. They have no
Z ''snvc Your Ballot"
"1he Women and Children OF Tennessee appeal
60 the Manhood of the state"
'les To-day" etc
The ladies were everywhere treated with
respect. During the morning prayer meetings
were held at tho churches at Athens. When
the vote was counted aud il was aScertained q
majority of 100 was obtained for prohibition
all the hard workers bowed their heads and
sung the doxolgy.
Dispatches to the Times from all sections OF
the state. representing 10000 votes, out
of n total of 10000, give majority of about
b,000 against tho amendment. The returns are
= complete surprise and upset all con lectures,
making the result doubtful with chances in la-
Vor Of the defeat OF the amendment,
Chat:anooga's official vote for the amend
ncnt IS $50, against 30la.
MFNrius, September -. Tho returns so
far received indicate that the prohibition
amendment was defeated in the state today by
h very small majority. Tho anti-prohibiton-
lists carried this city 10y majority OF 232 ont
al a total vote of 900. The county districts
returns are coming III slowly but Shelby
county viii give about 5000 majority against
The amendment The ladies worked for the
amendment at all the voting precincts IN the
CITY.
The prohibition amendment is certainly
defeated, the only question being the figures
Of the majority knoxville, of the larger cit
les alone voted for prohibition Chattanooga
gave an nnti-mai ority of l,lS5 Nashville of
9,ep. and Memphis OF 1000.
Twenty-Five Thousand Majority.
> NASHVILLE, Tenn, September 30 lSrc-
rial The prohihtionistS have given up The
Aeht and the ants are claiming the state hN
tlSeutv 10 twenty five thousand
The majority however. will be- as nearly as
possible, fifteen thousand, rs estimated hast
might,
, Onloial returns are coming in, but they CON
tain nothing affecting the accuracy Of the
statements and the estimates of last night,
East TenueSsoe's large majority for the
Amendment is easily overcome by middle and
west Tennessee whore few counties are giving
dry mniorities The vote was heavy every
where.
: NASHVILLE, Tenn, September; 20 One hun
drcd and twenty thousand votes. representing
half OF tho probable total vote of the state
have been reported and the majority against
the prohibition amendment about seN On thouS-
and, Ii the ratio is kept up the majority will
be ten or fifteen thousand, but much depends
on the back counties, which are claimed hN
boih sides Should tho prohihitiouiStS carry
theH the fate of the amendment is in doubt
In, lhoy arc believed 20 have gone against the
amendment
Returns from 80 counties, representing about
is per cent of the vote cast. shows a majority
al Hs'NN against the prohibition amendment
The vote exceeded that cast at the last gubcr-
material election,
\ Remarkable Coincidence.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, September 30. Semi
official returns from l1 Of M counties show the
Same majority for the -prohihltiouists as
was given for Robert Taylor, democratic can
ddaie Tor governor in 1886. 1t is u fCmarka-
Bile coincidence that In these counties while
party lines have been oblltentcd, that the
maiurities are altered loss than five hundred
an the aggregate. The indications are that the
amendment IS defeated by 10000 majority,
NASHVILLE, Tenn, October D.. Special r.
j n. m.--Nour representative has Just inter
viewed Major George s. Kenney, who has
Official and unofficial returns from all but
twenty counties.
With those counties estimated, giving An
der>ou. Blount, Campbell, Garter. Claiborne.
Granger, johnson, Tendon, Monroe and Cncoi
10 the prohihtioGists, and Chester, Decatur.
Tmtress, Hardin, Lake, Lewis, McNaimy
Perry, Stewart and Wayne TO the ants, he
Ngutes out majoriues of ii 500 against, and
31.2l' for the amendment, making q net anti.
amendment majority Of 20 Sl0.
PROHIBITION In FLORIDA.